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Ukraine Digest: March 9

By Brian Bonner.
An aerial view of the crossroad of Olesia Honchara and Bohdana Khmelnytskoho streets in Kyiv on March 3, 2021.
Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk

 

What we’re watching 

  • Tuesday, March 9, at 10 a.m. Kyiv time: Zelensky to open Forum Ukraine 30. Culture, Media, Tourism. Details here.
  • Wednesday, March 10, at 3 p.m. Kyiv time: The Kyiv Security Forum, founded by Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation, will present a document “12 Points of Strategic Partnership Between the United States and Ukraine.” Watch here.
  • Thursday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: U.S.-Ukraine Business Council – A conversation with Anders Aslund – Register here
  • Friday, March 12 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: Atlantic Council: Does Ukraine need the IMF? Register here

Top news

 

Coronavirus

Photos: 2,000 people rally for equality on International Women’s Day

Nearly 2,000 people joined the Women’s March in central Kyiv on International Women’s Day, March 8. The protesters started off at Mykhailvska Square at 1 p.m.

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Business

$1 = Hr 27.7

Ukrinform: Ukraine supports Greening of Planet global project

Business Wire

Redcliffe Partners hires new partner Sergiy Ignatovsky to join its leading Litigation and Restructuring practices

Opinions

Edward Lucas: Jabs and jibes

Stefan Romaniw: Another attempt by vandals to desecrate Stepan Bandera’s grave

Georgina Baker: How to accelerate recovery in emerging Europe and Central Asia

Jennifer Rubin: Biden grasped what the media did not

Yulia Gorbunova: Russia’s deadly negligence of domestic violence

From the archives: Power Grab

Viktor Yanukovych consolidates power, forming a 235-member coalition of his party, the Communist Party, Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn and — some allege unconstitutionally — by picking off 16 deputies from other factions. Appeal to the corrupt Constitutional Court is not seen as a viable option. Cabinet of Ministers is formed.

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